Below are some Dave Whitlock's amazing "Red Fox Squirrel Hair Nymphs" tied by yours truly! I was inspired recently by Ronr's posting of his awesome variants that I found to be superbly tied! Thanks Ron for prompting! I opened my box and brought out the stuff needed and have been having a blast!
#1 A standard nymph pattern tied on a 2x long shanked hook! These patterns look better tied on a longer hook! I think it allows the tier to stretch out the abdomen a bit looking more like the natural!
#2 Eight of my recent ties! Our electric was off for nearly 48 hours this past weekend and I took to using a battery powered head lamp to tie with! It worked out well! Sorry, no selfies of this mellon-headed tier with his lamp on his forehead!
#3 My Fox Squirrel flybox. It seems a bit anemic as do most of my boxes so, I continue on tying and filling this box back up! It is truly a labor of love! My favorite of the series? The ones tied on the various swimming nymph hooks! They look really cool! The very top row of flies are indeed wet flies and they are fantastic in the film or slightly below! Thank you Dave Whitlock for creating this pattern and thanks again Ron for the inspiration!
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